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On Two new Ileh'coid Land-Shells. 



there is a little whitish pubescence, which has a tendency to 

 form spots. The apical segment is transverse, truncate, 

 with the angles rounded. 



This species is in Mr. W. L. Distant's collection. 



XLVIII. — Description of Two new Helicoid Land-Shells. 

 By G. K. GuDE, F.Z.S. 



Eulota {Euhadra) Gereti^ sp. n. 



Shell moderately umbilicated, depressed conoid, shining, 

 finely and regularly ribbed, decussated by wavy impressed 

 spiral lines; straw-yellow, with three pale chestnut bands, 

 the upper two of which are rather narrow and well defined. 

 The first borders the suture ; the second is just above the 

 periphery, the third below, paler than the other two and 

 gradually fading into the paler umbilical region. Spire 

 depressed, sutuie rather deep, apex obtuse. Whorls G^, 



1. 2. 3. 



Figs. 1-3. — Eulota {Euhadra) Gereti, sp. n. 



increasing slowly and regularly, a little rounded above, some- 

 what flattened below, and becoming tumid towards the mouth ; 

 last whorl not descending in front. Aperture oblique, 

 crescent-shaped ; peristome straight, thin, acute, with a 

 thickened rim inside; margins distant; columellar margin 

 a little dilated and slightly reflected over the umbilicus, 

 T\hich is rather narrow but deep, showing all the whorls. 



Diam. maj. 22-5, min. 21 ; alt. 15 millim. 



llah. Japan, "^iype in my collection. 



A single specimen, labelled Helix simoda;, Jay, was re- 

 ceived from Mr, P. Geret, of Paris. Upon comparison with 

 the description and figures of the type in Pilsbry's ' Manual 

 of Conchology,' it was at once apparent that the shell could 

 not be referred to that species^ but tiiat it was an undescribed 

 form, intermediate between Eulota liina, Pils., and E. Editha, 

 A. Ad. E. Gereti, however, is larger than either of these 

 two species and much more depressed than E. luna. 



